| Ticker Symbol: | VAR |
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| Exchange: | NYSE |
| Contact Info: | 3100 Hansen Way Palo Alto CA 94304-1030 650 493-4000 |
| CEO/President: | Timothy E. Guertin |
| Industry: | Medical Instruments / Standard Industry Code: 3845 |
| Description: | Varian Medical Systems, Inc., of Palo Alto, California is the world\'s leading supplier of equipment and software for treating cancer. The company is also a premier supplier of components including X-ray tubes and flat-panel detectors for medical, scientific, and industrial imaging. Varian Medical Systems employs approximately three thousand nine hundtre people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America and Europe and in its 55 sales and support offices around the world. |
| Shares Outstanding: | 124,850 (000) | Market Value: | 4,761,180 ($000) |
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| Percentage of Inst.Shareholders: | 86.28% | Number of Inst.Shareholders: | 5.00% |
| Last Quarter Sales: | 592.70 ($Mil.) | Last Quarter Net Income: | 78.50 ($Mil.) |
| Last Quarter EPS: | 0.68 | P/E Ratio: | 17 |
| Most Recent Earnings: | 0.68 on 10/23/08 | Earnings Per Share: | 2.19 |
| Most Recent Split: | 2-1 on 08/02/04 | Annual Dividend Rate: | 0 |
| Most Recent Dividend: | Annual Dividend Yield: | 0% |


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